Ashfall

Ashfall

  • Director: Byung-seo Kim
  • Writer: Byung-seo Kim,Tae-Yoon Kim,Jeong-deok Kwak
  • Countries of origin: South Korea
  • Language: Korean, English, Chinese
  • Release date: December 19, 2019
  • Sound mix: Dolby Atmos
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Đại Thảm Họa Núi Baekdu
  • "Ashfall" is an action disaster film directed by Hae-jun Lee and Kim Bing- seo, starring Lee Byunghun , Ha Jung Woo , Tong-Seok Ma , etc. It was released in South Korea on December 19, 2019.
    The film tells the story of the eruption of Ashfall Volcano, and people from all walks of life work together to resist the disaster and save the Korean peninsula   .

    Details

    • Release date December 19, 2019
    • Filming locations South Korea
    • Production companies CJ E&M, Dexter Studios, Perfect Storm Film

    Box office

    Budget

    $17,700,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $372,562

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $36,201

    Gross worldwide

    $61,354,854

    Movie reviews

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    • By Otha 2022-12-26 08:13:05

      Under the disaster, burdened with love and affection, and choose to move forward

      A very far-fetched theme film, the degree of crisis of the disaster is depicted much less than the excellent methods in the past, but more to take care of the family, the main actors are going to sacrifice themselves for the sake of their children. 1. The character setting is far-fetched: ①Although the male protagonist is a bomb disposal captain, the mission in the film is the first time. If it is for the sake of the relatives, I think most of them selfishly want to wait for the relatives...

    • By Monica 2022-12-09 02:17:57

      Baekdusan is really funny and tear-jerking.

      Baekdusan is really funny and tear-jerking. I forgot to watch it, what kind of movie was it for. 1. It is said to be a disaster movie, but there are no shortage of shooting scenes, emotional scenes, especially funny and tear-jerking scenes. After seeing it, I forgot what logical guidance and specific operations prevented the disaster that ran through the play. 2. The commander of the special forces team who is about to be discharged has been in the operation and training life...

    • By Elouise 2022-04-24 07:01:24

      higher than ours

      It is a typical modern Korean movie with elaborate plot conception, grand disaster scenes, touching plot design and strong national feelings. The involvement of the United States and China in the plot is also based on realistic assumptions, at least dare to imagine. Video.com's rating is not high, and it is not without flaws, but we have to have the courage to admit that the level of thought and production is indeed higher than ours. Maybe we have a sense of national superiority to North...

    • By Deondre 2022-04-24 07:01:24

      Things Chinese people should naturally pay attention to, but no one mentions (minor spoilers)

      The most important thing is that the US is still playing a positive role in this film. After all, South Korea wants to detonate a nuclear bomb on our border and the US has the command in wartime. Serious diplomatic and even military problems. After all, the success rate was only 3.58% at first, and even the highest is only about 50%. This is a nuclear bomb. What if it fails? What if it caused a bigger volcanic eruption? What if a large area of ​​nuclear radiation affects China? Who can bear...

    • By Melisa 2022-04-24 07:01:24

      First-class actor, second-class movie

      First of all, judging from the viewing of the entire movie, this movie is not completely included in the category of disaster movies, and the disaster scenes in it are also presented in single digits. The core still revolves around the North-South political theme of the South and North Korea, concentrated in the love and murder of Ha Zhengyu and Li Bingxian, and finally to go to a national righteousness, entrusted by family affection, and generously go to righteousness!

      In the film, Ma...

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    • By Lolita 2023-09-14 07:18:57

      The Korean special effects are really good, plus the witty lines of the heavyweight lead actor and the provocative tearjerker. This Korean main theme is a commercial blockbuster. The entertainment is still online. It's too simple like a child's...

    • By Reid 2023-09-07 21:30:32

      This time is very good, China and the United States are dark together, and the rain and dew are all soaked. It's just that the style of my court agent's painting is not quite right. It's basically a Chinese gangster look that appears in Hollywood movies. ....

    • By Erwin 2023-09-03 20:23:16

      As a disaster movie, the special effects are good, but as a political movie, it's a bit silly. Blackened the US-China interference, praised the friendship between the ROK and the DPRK, and longed for cooperation on the peninsula. The male protagonist changed from a trash to a hero, and the second male who betrayed his country and his family and abandoned his wife and daughter was actually washed up. The scene of the earthquake caused by the volcano in the first half is quite shocking, plus an...

    • By Denis 2023-08-27 17:45:48

      For the DPRK and the ROK, the real disaster is not the volcanic earthquake, or the small resentment sandwiched between the big...

    • By Abe 2023-08-22 09:21:51

      The chemistry between the protagonists is very good, the plot is...

    Movie plot

    On the day the DPRK and the U.S. reached an agreement on denuclearization and North Korea prepared to hand over the nuclear warhead to the U.S. for safekeeping, the Baektu volcano, which has been dormant for many years, erupted without warning, destructive power spread across the entire Korean peninsula, and Pyongyang and Seoul were instantly in ruins. To prevent a larger disaster, seismologist Kang Bong-rae ( Tong-Seok Ma ) proposes a...
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    Positive review

    The film has both tears and humor, as well as stories. Although it is a disaster film, there are many funny and humorous entertainment plots in the film. In addition, there are also clips of the tense game between China and the United States around the Korean peninsula, which reflects the helpless reality that the fate of the Korean peninsula is controlled by the game between major powers, adding a lot of realism to the film   ....w
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    Negative comment

    The film is a complex, with disaster movies as the skeleton, including North and South Korean spies, action shootouts, human dramas, etc., as well as funny plots, all of which have been carefully calculated by the producer. While this is necessary in order to provide all kinds of fun in two hours, the problem is that the elements are not intertwined through context, but are simply laid out like vignettes   . (Review of "cine21")